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Hayes and Harlington 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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SANITARY WORK, 1911. No. 3.

Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings.Disinfection.Dust.Sundry Nuisances Abated.Remarks as to any other matters or in explanation of previous columns.
Water Closets.Percentage of Houses provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.
Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles.Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved.Examined, Tested. Exposed, etc.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped &c.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes Disconnected, Repaired, &c.New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed.Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts Repaired.Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.Rendered Inpervious, Emptied, Cleansed &c.Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer.Rooms Disinfected.Rooms Stripped and Cleansed.Articles Disinfected or destroyed.New Bins provided.How frequently is dust removed from each Home ?Number of Complaints of Non-Removal received.Method of DisposalOvercrowding.Smoke.Accumulations of Refuse.Foul Ditches, Ponds, &c., and Stagnant Water.Foul Pigs and other Animals.Dampness.Yards repaved or repaired.Other Nuisances.
Ordinary Infectious diseases.Phthisis.Ordinary infectious disease.Phthisis.Destructor.By Tipping.Other, state method.
12139 This includes new ones.85 per cent.318----7-280 per cent.20--This work is done by the Joint Hospital Authority.-Bins are not provided by the Council.Fortnightly. Schools weekly.Two or three only.-Tipping.----531 Dead Dogs removed.---Practically no complaints as to nuisances have be received and few, if any, exist in the district apart from the insanitary houses which the Council are taking steps to abolish.